the war in the pacific would turn on this battle. year-old sailor on the destroyer balcha. touch young man with a re -- a tough young man with a repew teugs reputation of a hell raiser. >> you hear the bombing coming at you. you talk about fear, i was definitely afraid. i never was angry with them either. i had no anger at all toward them. they were fighting for their lives just like we were. >> reporter: bell has parkinson's disease. the disease has taken its toll on his body. and he remembers one situation. >> he hit the water, hit the water diving. he was scared. and he jumped out of that cockpit and pulled out his 45 and started shooting at the destroyer. i had no way, that man was a brave -- no way. >> so you -- >> i let him go and he died. i sure remember that kind of courage. >> reporter: if anyone still questioned, within five minutes, several tankers were sunk. hundreds of men died in each of them. a mighty steel vessel could turn into a blazing coffin in second. try to invision what it would be like to stand on one of these

ambassador to the asia-pacific economic cooperation. although i am based in washington and manage the operations, set the agenda for negotiations through apec to try to achieve our goals. but i would like to do this morning is outlined a little bit about how the u.s. views apec, the importance we put on this institution, and then plans for activities in san francisco. at the end of my briefing, we will hand out some slides that give that detailed information for you all to draw upon. asia-pacific economic forum is the premier location for discussion and negotiation and pushing the agenda for economic integration in the asia-pacific region. this is a critical for the u.s. government. the asia-pacific is the growth center of the planet. as mayor lee out line, apec represents more than half of the global economy, almost half of the population in the world. the united states needs to link our economy more closely to the asia-pacific economy in order to experience the kind of growth we want to have in the future. in that regard, there is a ve

and pacific islanders and those with disabilities of california, the president and c.e.o. edia group and commissioner, natasha cowersaw, california commission on asian and pacific islander american affairs, and law partner with the law offices of g.c.r. l.l.p. unfortunately, all three judges were not able to join us tonight to present the awards. but we have three very capable individuals who are proud to make the presentations on their behalf. and now for the presentation of the emerging leadership award, please join me in welcoming supervisor eric marr. [applause] >> thank you. i'm actually not speier mar. -- supervisor mar. but we went to the same high school in sacramento so i'll stand in for him. i'm pleased to announce the finalists and recipients for the emerging leadership award. in the interests of time, we have all of the criteria listed in the award booklet. but it's important for us to recognize and celebrate the next generation of leadership, passion, and commitment to serving the asian pacific community. and it's critical also that we ensure that our voices, o

with the satellite-regard indicating a pacific northwest system. at will last into the afternoon with 49 degrees in santa rosa. 46 in napa. 54 in half moon bay and mountain view. checking the wind speeds, they're really going to pick up. gusting up to 25 m.p.h. in oakland, san rafael, 22 m.p.h. in fairfield. 3:00 p.m., even the 30 m.p.h., 23 m.p.h. and santa rosa and redwood city. take a look at 6:00 p.m.! hang on to your caat test-with over 30 m.p.h. in the south bay to hang onto hat upper 20s along the coast and the highs for only going to be getting into the 60s. through santa rosa, fairfield are looking at 50s. richmond will see more of the 60s. 69 in morgan hill. your kron 4 7 day around the bay cloudy conditions today and tomorrow. partly cloudy on monday in the chance of sprinkles on monday and tuesday. isabel. >> off parole agents are still going to get some much-needed help for violent sex offenders. a program that starts next week will, reduce their workload and allow more time in the field. this change is in a response to criticism it fac

from hiroshima to the pacific islands where nuclear testing took place the decisions made by american strategists are taking a heavy toll on another generation mikey is a third generation he. her grandmother survived the radiation mikey doesn't want the bomb to ever be used again. but i also discovered how alone much ignorance because even here people don't care enough about this old weapon other than to be the highlight of the newseum. day my lawyer talking to my friends about my activism see they don't care about such serious matters taken lightly. only the people who then understand what happens under the mushroom cloud today it's not all it is very difficult in these peaceful time to make young people understand how tragic it was that he is the youngest died in the heat oshima peace memorial museum but she goes further than providing information her goal is to provoke fear and dread it all the children has never experienced an atomic bombing that's why i use simple language while trying to make an impact on a family it's amazing to see and you know at least let's look over here in

matsu, and we want to thank you and honor you for all they do for the pacific american community. [applause] >> thank you very much, board of supervisors. this is a great honor. what inspires me to do this community work is getting to know and to work with the countless unsung heroes home really dedicated their lives and their careers -- who really dedicated their lives. they're free leisure time to help those less privileged. thank you very much. [applause] supervisor farrell: and secondly, i am honoring him as we -- tyhe -- the chef at one of my favorite restaurants in the city. he has provided the city with leadership for over 10 years. he has brought an exciting cultural blends and an extremely intense of culinary career p.m. he was born in asia. his career was at the prestigious shangri-la hotel in kuala lumpur. he has worked more than 25 years. in 2001, a restaurant invited him to take the reins of their kitchen. it has taken years to keep them thriving as one of the popular restaurants. his commitment in rich's the economic prosperity of our city of district two and contribu

caller: i was in the pacific, 32nd infantry division. i went all the way up to quite a few lennings in new guinea. i think six. some were d1, some d2 and 3. i was also down in the philippines, manila, when the war ended. yet, but i was in manila. i cannot recall where the hell i was, but i was over there for three years, and we did not have any phone calls to call home. we had v-day letters, so we did not have it very easy. thank you very much. host: thank you for sharing your experience. guest: i find that the letters some of the most moving documents. and your caller -- thank you for your service -- talks about communication being tough. there is a saying, historians read other people's mail. i read some stories from the second world war. each person before the d-day mission basically wrote a death note home -- "fix the barn" -- because they were basically being sent on a suicide mission, and yet you cannot tell anybody what emthe mission was because it would give away the plan. if anybody has letters at home from -- if you are a vetera

more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebrating asian-pacific portage month. i am so grateful to the board of supervisors for this whole four months of leaving this great city. i will say once again as i have said throug

out west it will continue to stay unsettled with showers coming in off the pacific. here's a look at highs on the cool side for vancouver with rain today and getting up to 13 degrees, remaining at 10 in winnipeg. chicago, another hot day for you there. all right. i'll leave you now with your three-day outlook. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." do stay with us.

until the 1960s, the pacific off southern california was a dumping ground for thousands of tons of waste, contaminated with the pesticide ddt.

air power that's a significant paradigm shift it's a game changer for the strategic balance in the pacific and the chinese know it and the u.s. realizes it and will respond from the natural resource standpoint trying to has an increasing need to guarantee its oil and gas supplies and its precious little supplies including rare earths and the reason i want to say that i don't think i want to play the issue if you think so far i don't want to step on your time but i wanted to touch upon you mentioned that china recognizes that the united states' occupation in afghanistan for example is strategic benefit for china i want to ask who has the better strategy the united states it goes then and they the country spends four hundred billion dollars on war there or china it lets the united states do that and then goes and buys up the natural resources that you mention china. both policies are flawed and they will eventually come to a halt with a hard stop most economists predict that by two thousand and fifteen the chinese real estate and credit bubble will g.d.p. to debt ratios of approaching two hu

the california pacific medical center long range development plan overview. you want to start talking so that the camera can get you? >> good evening, president olague. this evening's meeting is the second of five meetings for the california pacific medical center long range development plan. we plan to cover the proposed building. this includes a new hospital and medical office building at the st. luke's campus, a new office and medical building at van ness and geary. this include campus and streetscape improvements that are contiguous to the respective site. the principal architect will lead tonight's presentation on the architecture, urban design and public realm improvements proposed for these three campuses. the staff planned to include a brief overview, we will be postponing this discussion until the next informational hearing which is scheduled for june 9. at the june 9 hearing, city staff will present the development agreement and some of the key topics. we hope to cover most, if not all of those topics during that hearing. the fourth presentation will

you can see the rain activity out here in the pacific. g to go ahead and switch this over to show you a better perspective. the main action is up to the north of the bay area. then once again we could be talking about a few light showers into wednesday. for memorial day at 7:00. patchy clouds out there. and then by 3:00, clouds will be on the increase, there's eventual temperature range. a little bit cooler than today. the warmest locations right around the 70-degree mark. san jose 67 and half-moon bay 60 degrees. here is a look ahead as with the extended forecast. a few sprinkles in on a tuesday. maybe a light shower up in the north bay. and a chance of a shower on your wednesday. we're going to hold on to clouds for thursday and friday. heather and ken, possibly this could be the light at the end of the tunnel into next weekend. maybe a few partly cloudy skies and temperatures by sunday a week from now, sounds strange to say. i'm not guaranteeing it just yet. maybe getting close to the upper 70s. >> oh. >> i'm getting pretty skeptical. >

at the oakland museum of california. that's your pacificvent of the day. >> bill, thank you. >>> and now there's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. where relationship news takes center stage. after all the headlines, the phone tapes and the court hearings, oksana grigorieva has dropped her domestic violence claims against mel gibson. tmz reports she hopes the move will convince gibson to fairly settle custody of their daughter, lucia. >>> after three years of marriage, then a divorce in 1985, marie osmond remarried steven craig yesterday in las vegas. osmond wore the same dress that she did three decades ago.recyc. i like that. it was their first wedding. >>> finally, cameron diaz tells "maxim" magazine marriage is a dying institution. paraphrasing more advice from diaz who is currently dating yankee alex rodriguez, guys need women who challenge them and don't let them get away with stuff. women need to not be crazies who blow off when their guys tell them something that scares them. i don't know if that makes sense

moving into the pacific northwest, snow on the mountains, heavy rain at the coast.mostly you in washington state and b.c. as well. oregon and northern california, not quite as heavy for you though. things are very dry in kansas as well as oklahoma. the texas panhandle through a turn of fire weather here. do watch for that. and then things are starting to settle down in the midwest. it's not going to be for long. a few showers coming through. haven't you had a few weeks of just the worst weather? we have video actually talking about tornadoes as well as flooding. we'll start with the tornadoes. this is us ttuscaloosa in alaba. and people are just trying to salvage what they can from the disaster here of a tornado that moved through last week killing 41 people and just leaving a huge mess here. the death toll from last month's tornadoes across the u.s. has topped 300. and then we have flooding to worry about as well. this is arkansas. over 300 millimeters of rain fell on parts of arkansas in just two days. and the result is this extensive flooding. what we're looking

putting the pacific islander in asian pacific islander. welcome to the board of supervisors' chambers. i am so humble to bestow this simple expression of love and gratitude. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome -- [applause] >> i think i can fate now. -- faint now. i am humbled for this honor. who would think? my mother came from samoa as a single woman and raised two kids. we never left these housing projects for five or six years. when we moved, we always seemed to move around district 10, never leading district 10. 54 years old and i'm still in district 10. that says a lot for my community service. i worked 23 years in the hotel industry and it was a job. this was because of the disability. i became disabled and i did volunteer work. that has been the most in powering work i have ever done. -- empowering work i have ever done. to give back to my culture, to learn about different cultures. my family is, do you ever want to come home? you can never believe the flexibility of all of these different communities. they ask me, aren't you kind

the moment. catholic healthcare west by st. francis and st. mary's, california pacific medical centers, the old presbyterian hospital's, kaiser hospital. i know this is really breathtakingly exciting. i'm sorry it is so slow. ucsf picked up mount zion. and, of course, san francisco general hospital and chinese hospital. showing up here in a minute. what does it cost? you will have other people talk to you about this. you already cited this i think pretty well known fact that both the most consolidated and most expensive of the counties in our state. again, just to emphasize the point, hospitals are paid $7,349 per patient per day on average compared with los angeles county, not necessarily an inexpensive place to live or work, where the figure is $4,389 per day on average. supervisor chiu: i'm sorry, before you move on on that, that is a pretty stunning figure. could you talk about the various explanations for that? >> tried to explain that? a lot of other people will be talking about that. supervisor chiu: great. thank you. i would say certainly, the question of consol

it will affect the pacific side of japan for the next day or two.e are looking at this frontal system. it's been bringing heavy rain and continues again today. for china, the heavy rain is moving southward to the southern tier which will look wet today. for the korean peninsula and toward japan, heavy rain will be moving through. watch out for very heavy downpours, locally heavy downpours are going to be possible, continuing from yesterday. accumulations are really starting to pile up here. as for highs for wednesday, 22 expected in seoul. getting up to 28 in beijing. pretty lot. meanwhile shanghai 27 degrees. hot for you with thunder showers possible today. tokyo coming in at 14 degrees. will be on the cool side. plenty of sunshine in to ishinomaki. gusty weather possible, too. showers starting up later on in the day. sendai will look at sunshine for wednesday. from soma into mito, you're looking at showers today. that trend continues on thursday. heading into north america now, we are looking at active couple of lows here in the midsection of the

it is an honor to serve with the three other asian-pacific islander members of the board of supervisors. i know that our colleagues, ross, david, malia, and others are strongly sensitive to the asian-american communities as well. we were joined a few minutes ago by several of our school board members. i know as a former member of the school board -- jane kim as well -- they serve our communities well. one thing that mayor ed lee brought up, for me, personally, lunar new year was a time to get together with family. i remember my grandmother cooking all of the great new year food. it brought us together but it was also an opportunity to share our culture with others, bring more unity among all of our communities. half the lunar new year to everyone and let's unite our communities together. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, my name is carmen chu. i will keep my message brief. i want to wish everyone a happy lunar new year. again, this is a time that is important to many of merit -- asian-american families because of the importance of bringing together

the long range plan places scales appropriately to the surrounding urban context to pacific heights, the triangle and district neighborhoods while concentrating the highest concentration of beds and services at the van ness and geary location where the infrastructure will best accommodate them. the van ness location used a very innovative drive -- mid block drive through and drop-off to move traffic -- remove traffic queuing from the surrounding streets is, which to my mind is the first time an urban hospital in california has integrated this into the footprint. the hospital building type is inherently inefficient with respect to energy use but filtered outside air, extensive day lighting, natural nontoxic building materials, dwreen roofs for the people and missing suspiciousies habitats, irgration -- irrigation, storm water capture, etc., will enhance san francisco's climate commitment while healing our community. while i'm not a structural engineer i cannot help but mention the seismic improvements especially in light of the recent events -- president olague: thank you. >> thank you

it was a ltle slow in the pacific theater. the european situation has been dealt with for decades, but it is only in the past few years that we are dealing with the pacific and the united states. host: we are so pleased to have doug brinkley here athe world war ii memorial. thank you for being with us. part of the national park >> tomorrow, and political roundtable on the 2012 election with the chairman of the college republican national committee. richard with the new york university's center for cooperation. and a writer has an update on the state of the u.s. housing market. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. next, defense secretary robert gates gives the commencement address at the naval academy. and the french president on the g-eighth summit. the impact of the middle east protest on the palestinians. next, defense secretary robert gates gives his last commencement address at the u.s. naval academy's graduation ceremony in annapolis, maryland. he describes how tough it is to send young soldiers into harm's way. gates is

we agreed that the asia-pacific is broad enough to accommodate the u.s. and china. we must work together in this region and work together with other countries in this region to of all peace, stability, and to promote the extended prosperity of the asia-pacific and achieve the common development of all countries in this region said that the pacific ocean will become ace peaceful one. we agreed we set up a mechanism for the specific region. fourthly, we both agree we must work globally and respond to international and domestic challenges. there has been a new and important changes in the international situation recently. there are two influential countries in the u.s. and china. it is important that we have more consultation, coordination, and cooperation in order to promote and safeguard peace, stability, and the prosperity of the world. i wish to tell our friends from the media that the strategic and economic dialogue, since its inception, has played an important role. china is ready to work with the u.s. side to further grow and make good use of this mechanism. we

caller: i was in the pacific, 32nd infantry division. the way up to quite a few lennings in new guinea. i think six. some were d1, some d2 and 3. i was also down in the philippines, manila, when the war ended. yet, but i was in manila. i cannot recall where the hell i was, but i was over there for three years, and we did not have any phone calls to call home. we had v-day letters, so we did not have it very easy. thank you very much. host: thank you for sharing your experience. guest: i find that the letters some of the most moving documents. and your caller -- thank you for your service -- talks about communication being tough. there is a saying, historians read other people's mail. i read some stories from the second world war. each person before the d-day mission basically wrote a death note home -- "fix the barn" -- because they were basically being sent on a suicide mission, and yet you cannot tell anybody what emthe mission was because it would give away the plan. if anybody has letters at home from -- if you are a veteran or a mem

we are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. i went to grammar school at stuart hall in district 2. i went to high school in st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. s

as you move north, you come to the southern pacific building or the embarcadero centers or the trans america towers. there, the rock is 40, 60 feet deep. but the decision was made that we need parking. so they elected to dig down to the dents supporting soil and build a foundation on the dance material below the bay mud. so that is a rock site, rock expedite -- rock excavation.

the pacific northwest is showing wet weather. are staying dry today but the chance for showers tomorrow. today will be sunny and dry. 60 degrees and san rafeal 70's to concord, and upper 60s to the east bay and down the peninsula. 73 degrees for morgan hill. if you're going to the baseball game today? 4:10 at at&t park 60 degrees and going down to about 60 degrees by 6:00 p.m. finally, your kron 4 7 day around the bay mostly sunny conditions with a slight chance of pop up showers in napa valley tomorrow. sunshine with a lot of sunshine on tuesday. a warm up towards next week. 7:46. >> the latest employment numbers that california's jobless is improving a bit. april was the fourth consecutive month where unemployment has declined. the overall unemployment rate is 11.9%. california added 89,000 jobs last model alone. -8900 jobs alone. new graduates. >> recent college graduates are both looking for jobs and living nomads. >> and might be here, my parents' house, or my friend's house. >>reporter: the surprising is that after two week

that rain is going to hug the pacific coast of southern and central japan today. in the north, it does stay dry into saturday morning. but after that, we've got that rain here waiting in the wings to move in. so from the later part of the weekend, we may see more precipitation. for friday, we can largely -- dry, a little on the cool side. 13 your high in sendai. it's down towards the south it's getting warmer. 22 in kanazawa. now, for northern scrappen, winds will continue to come in from the east into friday afternoon. getting a little bit stronger in parts of prefecture. a look at the outlook. mostly sunny spells for friday. strong winds for parts of my yakko. it's not until nighttime hours we see any of that rain come on in. temperatures are looking quite mild on saturday. coming in at 19 degrees even. now, from sendai, a cloudy picture both friday and saturday. sunny spell for sendai so that's looking nigs. saturday, it warms up to 20 degrees. onahama, a little rain in the afternoon, but mostly dry elsewhere. china, we do have this low in the northeast of china

it was a little slow in the pacific theater. the european situation has been dealt with for decades, but it is only in the past few years that we are dealing with the pacific and the united states. host: we are so pleased to have doug brinkley here at the world war ii memorial. thank you for being with us. part of the national park >> robert gates gives the commencement address at the naval academy. then, french president sarkozy on the g8 summit. >> defense secretary robert gates gives his last commencement address at the u.s. naval academy graduation ceremony. he told the graduates of what is required to be a good leader and describe how tough it is to send young soldiers into harm's way. he is retiring on june 30. this is about 20 minutes. it is a special honor to join you today for this long- anticipated and well-deserved celebration. i first want to welcome and thank the family members who are here today. your support and encouragement have made this day possible for these young men and women. more importantly, you have nour

women too they went away they went to europe americans except for those in ripley europe or to the pacific and never actually saw all or smelled or felt the war everybody's self and in the soviet union where it was a horrible horrible struggle to endure and i want to talk a little bit about that you know looking back at history in one thousand forty one when the nazis invaded the soviet union and there was that in an alliance between the soviets and western democracies of the u.s. and the u.k. why did we see such coordination and then why have we not seen the same level today get common threats and one that all those nations that i just named have had spoken about and pointed to collectively as terrorism. in one hundred forty one when in june and forty one when hitler invaded the soviet union the immediate reaction of course all across europe which was now occupied by him or in england where hitler which was under the siege of the nazi airplanes and even in the united states which was far away was to come to the support of the soviet union because by then remember hitler's war had been goi